The Little Truckee is fishing very well again this week. The flows continue to hold at right around 300 CFS, which is just enough water to spread fish out, make for good conditions for all types of fishing and add a fun challenge when presenting to them relative to the typical 60-120 CFS. The PMDs are going to be your best bet for hooking fish day in day out, with daily emergences that go off like clockwork. Due to this, we recommend focusing heavily on these bugs in all life stages. There will be many times where they are focused in the emerging nymph compared to the immature nymph, or the emerging dry compared to the dun, or what’s worse, the dreaded spinner! Soft hackles, flash back nymphs with beads compared to no flash no bead flies, there’s a lot of nuances when fishing this river effectively, and consistent success comes from a mix of experience, time on the water, talking with others and a lot of trial and error. That’s a big part of the fun of this river. Other than those little pink mayflies, we are finding some fish on green drakes, caddis, worms and midges, which make for some great alternatives on your 2 fly nymph rig, and even those first two as dries. Keep in mind that we are at the busiest time of year for fishing here in the Truckee region, so consider fishing during odd hours of the day out here or the less popular sections of the river to avoid crowds. This is a tailwater, so we are not in the same dilemma with warm water out here. The temps stay the same all day, use that to your advantage and fish the warmer points of the day and through the evening. Also, it is very much worth noting that there are a lot of mosquitoes out here right now, so bring bug spray or prepare to get eaten alive.

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